title: Short report: endomyocardial fibrosis and cardiomyopathy in an area endemic for schistosomiasis.
abstract: An association of schistosomiasis and endomyocardial fibrosis or cardiomyopathy has been suggested. Clinical, stool, abdominal ultrasound, electrocardiogram, and Doppler echocardiogram examinations were performed on 226 patients from an area endemic for schistosomiasis. The diagnosis of schistosomiasis was made in 152 patients (69%) but clinical, electrocardiographic, or Doppler echocardiographic evidence of a schistosome cardiomyopathy or endomyocardial fibrosis could not be detected in any patient.
authors.affiliation: Medical School of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Hospital Vera Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lamounier
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lambertucci
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*